Part 1 Definitions
The continued use of the same word or word pattern
What is repetition?
The use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
What is Alliteration?
The ability to form mental pictures of things or events
What is Imagery?
A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things, using"like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
What is Syntax?
Her voice was velvet.
What is metaphor?
A rhetorical appeal that relies on the character or credibility of the speaker
What is Ethos?
A figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
What is Metaphor?
Extravagant exaggeration
What is Hyperbole?
Repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses
Anaphora
a rhetorical appeal to the audience's reason or rationality
What is Logos?
He was a real Romeo with the ladies.
What is allusion?
An inquiry that is not supposed to be answered
What is a Rhetorical Question?
Repetition of similar or equivalent syntactic constructions
What is Parallelism?
A quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
What is Pathos?
the narrative voice of a poem (as distinct from the poet)
The author's attitude toward the subject, characters, or audience.
What is Tone?
I want peace. I want clarity. I want joy.
What is Anaphora?
a strong form of verbal irony in which a speaker or writer says the opposite of what they actually mean, primarily to mock, ridicule, or convey contempt.
What is Sarcasm?
Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
What is Irony?
The specific group of people for whom a text is written.
What is audience?
A strong form of verbal irony in which a speaker or writer says the opposite of what they actually mean, primarily to mock, ridicule, or convey contempt.
What is Paradox?
An event that occurs at a critical time
What is Occasion?
We came, we saw, we conquered.
What is parallelism?
Creates a sense of urgency. Now is the time to act, to think, to hope, etc
What is Kairos?
consisting of the writer's or speaker's deliberate choice of words to achieve a specific effect, such as establishing tone, conveying a particular attitude, or creating a certain voice
What is Diction?
a recurring literary device that can be a repeated object, symbol, or idea that helps develop a theme
What is a motif?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is Allusion?
The emotional, cultural, or implied meaning of a word beyond its basic dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.
What is Paradox?